WEBVTT Kind: captions; Language: en 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.001 ... ...evening ladies and gentlemen, Mrs. John Nesbitt bringing you the Hollywood 00:00:16.001 --> 00:00:21.000 premiere of Sunny Sweet in his latest picture, Good Wrinkles. 00:00:21.001 --> 00:00:24.001 Here he is now and listen to those fans. 00:00:28.001 --> 00:00:33.001 There are many celebrities here, but tonight all eyes are on Sunny Sweet. 00:00:35.001 --> 00:00:37.000 Please, Sunny, Sunny, please. 00:00:39.001 --> 00:00:42.001 Maybe I can break in here and get him to say a few words. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:45.000 How about this, eh? 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:47.000 Please, Sunny, sign my first. 00:00:47.001 --> 00:00:48.000 Here's mine. 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.001 Yes, I know what you would have said. 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:59.001 Six or seven prunes a day are good for you in every way, and that's good advice. 00:01:05.001 --> 00:01:08.000 There he goes, a Hollywood star now. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.000 But let me tell you the story of how this local boy made good. 00:01:17.001 --> 00:01:21.000 Sunny comes from a famous French family in California. 00:01:21.001 --> 00:01:24.001 He was born on a balmy spring day. 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.000 And as any baby, at first he just lay there, drinking in the sunshine. 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:38.000 As the months passed by, Sunny was nourished by mother nature with nutrient 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:43.000 riches that poured down from the warm California sunshine and up from the rich 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:45.001 soil in which the parent tree was rooted. 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.001 By the time fall had come, Sunny was fully grown, 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:54.001 ready to go into the world. 00:02:24.001 --> 00:02:28.000 There he goes, off to seek adventure in Hollywood. 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:38.000 Well, Sunny was soon to find out that there was much new world of his. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:44.000 In the first place, he had never realized that all prunes are plums, but all 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:45.001 plums are not prunes. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.001 For prunes, you see, are a special kind of plum that can be 00:02:50.001 --> 00:02:52.000 dried without fermenting. 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:57.001 But Sunny qualifies, and his career as a movie star was well underway. 00:02:58.001 --> 00:03:02.001 He was soon to find out that there were many prunes from his family here at the 00:03:02.001 --> 00:03:06.000 studio, and that he would have the opportunity to work with some of them. 00:03:06.001 --> 00:03:11.001 Sunny's French prune family, sometimes called the prune d'agon, is famous for its 00:03:11.001 --> 00:03:13.001 sweetness, flavor, and quality. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.001 Prunes of the French prune family run to the middle sizes. 00:03:18.001 --> 00:03:24.001 So when you see the words medium, large, or extra large on the package, 00:03:25.001 --> 00:03:30.000 remember these sizes refer to French prunes, which never grow so large as some 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.000 other varieties, but which are never surpassed in 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:34.000 sweetness and good eating quality. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.001 In his first picture, Sunny played the part of a French duke. 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:51.001 In his regal costume, he fittingly represents true prune royalty, for French 00:03:51.001 --> 00:03:53.001 prunes are the most popular of all prunes. 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.000 Quiet! Action! 00:03:57.001 --> 00:03:59.001 There are larger prunes to be sure. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:02.001 Here's Pearl, one of Sunny's best friends. 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:09.000 She is an imperial prune, and her family, which thrives in very few areas, is not 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.001 sufficiently numerous to be a major factor in the prune industry. 00:04:16.001 --> 00:04:19.001 My, but she is a shy one, and rightly so. 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:25.001 Well, she comes from a prune family that is shy in many ways, especially 00:04:25.001 --> 00:04:27.000 at fruit-bearing time. 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:33.001 From Pearl, Sunny learned that there were various other varieties of prunes, but 00:04:33.001 --> 00:04:37.000 most of them are grown only in small quantities and are not 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:38.001 important on a commercial scale. 00:04:39.001 --> 00:04:43.000 She told him that should he come upon any members of the prune family grown in 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:48.001 the Pacific Northwest, he would find them noticeably tart, this tartness being 00:04:48.001 --> 00:04:53.001 due to a larger acid content and a slightly smaller sugar content than the 00:04:53.001 --> 00:04:55.000 French prunes grown in California. 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.001 Psh! Psh! Psh! 00:04:57.001 --> 00:05:17.000 Psh! Psh! Psh! 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:24.001 Psh! Psh! Psh! Psh! Psh! Psh! Psh! Psh! Psh! 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:33.000 Sonny finished his role as the Duke, and the studio assigned him almost 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:38.001 immediately to a film in which he portrayed a world's champion prize fighter. 00:05:38.001 --> 00:05:44.000 He played many important parts in the movies, just as prunes in real life play an 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.000 important part in keeping us healthy. 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:12.001 And now, with his great supply of prune energy, movie actor Sonny winds 00:06:12.001 --> 00:06:14.000 up for the knockout punch. 00:06:25.001 --> 00:06:30.000 Sonny knocks out fatigue, just as prune sugar energy 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:31.001 overcomes fatigue in our bodies. 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:38.001 The average sugar content of French prunes is 49.5%, which comes from their long 00:06:38.001 --> 00:06:40.000 natural ripening in the sun. 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:46.001 Prune sugar is in the form of readily digestible carbohydrates, chiefly invert 00:06:46.001 --> 00:06:51.001 sugar, which is readily absorbed into the blood to do the job of supplying quick 00:06:51.001 --> 00:06:54.001 energy, so needed when the going gets a bit rough and 00:06:54.001 --> 00:06:56.000 the tired body needs a pickup. 00:06:58.001 --> 00:07:05.001 Now let's see some of the requirements for that good-to-feel-good feeling. If you 00:07:05.001 --> 00:07:07.001 don't mind, I'll be scientific for a few moments. 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:13.000 There is carotene, for instance, which is changed by the body to vitamin A. 00:07:13.001 --> 00:07:17.000 Prunes are an excellent source of carotene, and therefore of this valuable 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:22.000 vitamin, of which the minimum requirement is 5,000 international units per day. 00:07:22.001 --> 00:07:26.001 This is the vitamin that does so much to protect precious eyesight, and is 00:07:26.001 --> 00:07:28.000 important for proper growth, too. 00:07:28.001 --> 00:07:33.001 Then there is riboflavin, one of the B-complex vitamins. Prunes have a higher 00:07:33.001 --> 00:07:36.000 riboflavin content than any other fruit. 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:41.000 The average requirement of this vitamin is one and eight tenths milligrams per 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:45.000 day. It is needed for steady nerves, a clear skin and good digestion, 00:07:45.001 --> 00:07:47.000 as well as for proper growth. 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:52.001 Phyomen, also known as vitamin B1, contributes to healthy nerves, a good 00:07:52.001 --> 00:07:56.001 appetite, and proper growth. The daily requirement of Phyomen is 00:07:56.001 --> 00:07:58.001 one and two tenths milligrams. 00:07:58.001 --> 00:08:04.000 Also, there is the mineral iron, so necessary for its blood-regenerating powers 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:08.001 and an essential part of every living tissue in the body. Your daily requirement 00:08:08.001 --> 00:08:11.000 of iron is 12 milligrams. 00:08:28.001 --> 00:08:33.001 This is Sunny's way of showing just how much good six or seven prunes a day can 00:08:33.001 --> 00:08:38.000 do for you. They furnish a great percentage of these essential needs of man. 00:08:39.001 --> 00:08:45.000 Six or seven quality prunes are approximately 50 grams of edible fruit, which 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:51.000 furnish 27 percent of the average daily minimum requirement of vitamin A, 38 and 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:56.000 one-half percent of the daily requirement of riboflavin or vitamin B2, 12 and a 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:01.000 half percent of the daily requirement of Phyomen or vitamin B1, and 16 and six 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:06.000 -tenths percent of the average daily minimum requirement of iron to field her. 00:09:10.001 --> 00:09:15.000 The story of Sunny's life as a movie star would never be complete without his 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:21.000 most famous role as Dr. Sunny. It's a natural for him, for prunes can surely do 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.001 much to keep us healthy and well. 00:09:27.001 --> 00:09:32.001 As every nurse and dietician learns early in her training, prunes are highly 00:09:32.001 --> 00:09:39.000 effective as a gentle natural aid to regularity. This is due partly to the 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.000 abundance of soft fruit cellulose, food bulk in its natural and most valuable 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:49.001 form, and partly to the presence of a specific 00:09:49.001 --> 00:09:54.001 laxative element which has certain chemical and physiological properties similar 00:09:54.001 --> 00:09:56.000 to catholic and chlorogenic acid. 00:09:56.001 --> 00:10:01.001 Calling Dr. Sweet, calling Dr. Sunny Sweet, emergency room 208. 00:10:02.001 --> 00:10:05.000 Hey, emergency room 208. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:15.000 Say, ah, 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.000 hmm, coated tongue. 00:10:30.001 --> 00:10:33.000 Hmm, most irregular, eh? 00:10:35.001 --> 00:10:40.000 But Dr. Sunny knows the answer. The patient will be well in no time. 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:57.000 And now he says with the rest of us, it's good to feel good. 00:10:58.001 --> 00:11:04.000 Now let's turn from Sunny's Hollywood career and get a little better 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:06.000 acquainted with his family background. 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.001 We've found that prunes are unique in more than just their downright 00:11:10.001 --> 00:11:12.000 tastiness and food value. 00:11:12.001 --> 00:11:17.001 For example, there's the way prunes are harvested. In the springtime they begin 00:11:17.001 --> 00:11:21.000 their gradual development and throughout the summer are 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:22.001 richly nourished by mother nature. 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:28.001 Finally, in August they begin to ripen. However, the finest prunes are not picked 00:11:28.001 --> 00:11:33.001 like other fruit but are allowed to hang in the sunshine until they're so plump 00:11:33.001 --> 00:11:37.001 and heavy with juicy goodness they drop from the trees of their own weight. 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:44.001 When nature says, you're ready, down they go. The soil has been previously 00:11:44.001 --> 00:11:48.001 turned and worked to a cushiony mattress to catch the falling fruit. 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:56.001 And there they lie, purple and plump, all ready to be 00:11:56.001 --> 00:11:58.000 carefully gathered by hand. 00:12:00.001 --> 00:12:06.000 Now here we are at the plant. Let's see how plums become prunes by what is known 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:08.000 as the dehydrating process. 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:16.000 They are first put through a hot 15 second alkaline bath to slightly crack the 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:20.000 skins and allow for more rapid evaporation of the moisture in the fruit. 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:38.000 Next they are thoroughly rinsed. 00:12:40.001 --> 00:12:47.000 Then they are spread in single layers on large trays to be dry. While 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:52.000 open field drying was the only method employed for many years, this method has 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:56.000 now been largely replaced by modern mechanical dehydrators. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:00.000 And it is in these dehydrators that the prune, as we know it 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:02.000 best, actually comes to be. 00:13:13.001 --> 00:13:19.000 These are truly good wrinkles. This is one place where wrinkles are 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:20.001 looked upon as a sign of distinction. 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:28.001 The next step is to sort the prunes according to size. As they pass over a series 00:13:28.001 --> 00:13:33.000 of graduated holes in the sorting conveyor, they drop through the holes they fit 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.000 and are thus automatically graded. 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:40.001 Prune sizes are designated by the number of prunes it takes to make a pound. 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:45.001 Naturally, the fewer the prunes to the pound, the larger the individual prunes. 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.001 The medium size is graded 67 or less prunes to the pound. 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:59.000 The large size runs 53 prunes or less to the pound. Then comes the extra large 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:02.001 size, which averages 43 prunes or less to the pound. 00:14:03.001 --> 00:14:06.001 Thus, you are reminded again, the fewer the prunes per 00:14:06.001 --> 00:14:08.001 pound, the larger the prunes. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:17.001 The final step before packaging is the special sun-sweet tenderized process. 00:14:18.001 --> 00:14:23.000 Using only heat and moisture, this process leaves the prunes plump and tender, 00:14:23.001 --> 00:14:27.001 which permits very rapid cooking, thus eliminating the vitamin loss, which 00:14:27.001 --> 00:14:30.000 sometimes results from longer preparation. 00:14:31.001 --> 00:14:37.000 From the tenderized process, the prunes are immediately packed steaming hot into 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:41.000 parchment paper bags, which are enclosed in protective cartons. 00:14:41.001 --> 00:14:46.001 Also, as an added protection against air, dust, light, and heat, the cartons are 00:14:46.001 --> 00:14:51.001 in turn enclosed and sealed in a lustrous gold or silver foil wrapper. 00:14:51.001 --> 00:14:58.000 This hot packing and foil sealing ensures uniform moisture, tenderness, and fine 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.001 eating quality throughout the contents of the package. 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:07.000 In addition to protecting the full rich goodness of the fruit, the foil wrapper 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:10.001 is an easy way to always identify your favorite brand. 00:15:13.001 --> 00:15:18.001 Fresh from the carton, the prunes are ready to be served in an infinite variety 00:15:18.001 --> 00:15:25.000 of ways. Raw, for example, the special tenderized process makes prunes so 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.001 tender and good you can eat them just like candy right out of the box. 00:15:29.001 --> 00:15:34.000 In raw, they provide all the qualities of the natural fruit, or prepare 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:35.001 them in this simple way. 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:43.000 Just fill a jar with prunes, add boiling water to cover, screw on the lid, let 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:47.000 cool, then place in your refrigerator for several days. The longer 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:48.001 they stand, the thicker the juice. 00:15:55.001 --> 00:16:00.000 This American breakfast tradition is delicious when served with a little cream, 00:16:00.001 --> 00:16:06.001 or with a dash of lemon, or just sitting pretty in their own juice, or serving 00:16:06.001 --> 00:16:13.000 with meat, spiced and pickled prunes, or prune pie, 00:16:13.001 --> 00:16:16.001 a tempting luscious dessert with a billowy meringue that 00:16:16.001 --> 00:16:18.000 can be put together in a twinkly. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:23.001 Prune whip is another famous American dish, the perfect dessert for a perfect 00:16:23.001 --> 00:16:29.000 meal. Here's another wonderful treat, prune birthday cake, a tender, moist, 00:16:29.001 --> 00:16:33.001 fruity cake, just right for every day of the year, and for special occasions 00:16:33.001 --> 00:16:36.000 too, such as Junior's birthday party. 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:43.001 Our country, however, isn't the only one that knows all about the deluxe uses of 00:16:43.001 --> 00:16:48.001 prunes. They are a favorite fruit in many countries. Let's see what the people of 00:16:48.001 --> 00:16:50.001 Scandinavia know about prunes. 00:16:54.001 --> 00:16:58.001 If you should find expected guests are on the way, and a quick sweet bread is 00:16:58.001 --> 00:17:04.000 what you'll need, just try prune biscuit roll. Prepare about two cups of your 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:06.001 favorite biscuit mix by merely adding milk. 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:11.001 Then roll the dough to a quarter inch thickness and spread evenly with one and a 00:17:11.001 --> 00:17:14.000 half cups of chopped and pitted cooked prunes. 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:27.000 You then top the prunes with a quarter cup of melted butter, one half cup of 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:33.000 sugar spiced with cinnamon or nutmeg, and 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.001 carefully roll like a jelly roll. 00:17:37.001 --> 00:17:41.000 Then place the roll in a buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:43.000 oven 45 minutes to an hour. 00:17:45.001 --> 00:17:51.000 When cool, the roll is cut into slices, and there you are. As easy as that, 00:17:51.001 --> 00:17:54.001 coffee time's complete with dainty prune biscuit rolls. 00:17:56.000 --> 00:18:00.001 Here's the desserts. The vanilla cream portion in this bowl is a blend of eggs, 00:18:00.001 --> 00:18:02.001 quarter of cold. Delicious! 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:08.000 Another delightful dessert of theirs, which can be so cold, is prunes with 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:13.000 meringue. The meringue is spread over the prunes, and the dessert is eaten until 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:17.000 the top is golden brown. If you have a sweet tooth, serve it with cream or 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:20.000 vanilla sauce, and it's a mouth-watering treat. 00:18:20.001 --> 00:18:27.000 Another favorite of theirs, prunes soufflé , as light and fluffy as a dream. And 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:31.001 believe it or not, the Scandinavians even make a soup of prunes, which they serve 00:18:31.001 --> 00:18:37.000 cold. A sweetie specialty, no doubt, but try it sometime. You might like it. 00:18:37.001 --> 00:18:42.001 Scandinavian cooks use prunes a great deal with meat, especially with fatty meats 00:18:42.001 --> 00:18:47.001 like pork. One method is to stuff spare ribs with pitted prunes before baking. 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:51.000 This adds a delicate, succulent flavor to the ribs. 00:18:51.001 --> 00:18:56.000 Another popular method of theirs is to serve boiled prunes right along with 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:57.001 fried or baked pork chops. 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:03.001 Yet another delicious way they combine meat with prunes is to place the prunes on 00:19:03.001 --> 00:19:09.001 slices of pork, rolling them, no crisp and brown. And here is an idea of theirs 00:19:09.001 --> 00:19:13.001 that works wonders with fowl, tough chicken, turkey, or duck with prunes. 00:19:14.001 --> 00:19:19.000 The sweetness and richness of the prunes really enhances the flavor of the fowl. 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:25.001 Here there are hundreds of ways to serve prunes, and to help in preparing these 00:19:25.001 --> 00:19:30.001 you have seen, plus countless other prune delicacies, Sun Sweet has gathered 00:19:30.001 --> 00:19:34.000 together a wonderful collection of prune recipes which have 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.001 been put into a handy booklet. 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:42.000 Merely mail your request to Sun Sweet, Box 670, San Jose, 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:44.000 California, for a free cup. 00:19:45.001 --> 00:19:50.001 However you serve these prunes, you can be sure they are a delicious, full 00:19:50.001 --> 00:19:55.001 -flavored, perfect eating fruit. Just as important, they are rich in nature's own 00:19:55.001 --> 00:20:01.000 vitamins and valuable food minerals. A quick energy food that gives children and 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:04.000 adults alike that good-to-feel-good feeling. 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:08.000 Serve prunes often. They are good anyway, anytime. 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:16.000 So there, in all his regal splendors sits Sonny, proud of his royal heritage, 00:20:16.001 --> 00:20:22.000 proud too of the golden carton which he sponsors, and which is your guarantee of 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.001 extra tenderness and extra goodness in the prunes you buy. 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:31.001 Your sure guide to good wrinkles when you go shopping for prunes. 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:39.001 Your seven prunes that they are good for you in every way, buy Sun Sweet prunes 00:20:39.001 --> 00:20:42.001 and you'll agree, cooked all their heavenly.